“Congress can fix this with one easy bill:
Mandate that employers in any "critical infrastructure industry" must grant their employees a minimum of 7 paid personal/sick days per year. Done. The Railroads don't want to give up a penny of their BILLIONS in profits, so MAKE them. Don't force the workers into slavery conditions instead.
Mandate the sick time and the rest of the negotiations are fine. No strike. Workers are happy. Rail barons are slightly miffed at making 15 BILLION rather than 20 BILLION, but they'll get over it.“
“Y'know, it's almost like we should mandate that every worker deserves time off/sick leave, but that'd make us socialists like those dirty Europeans or something.“
“Fuck this goddamn country. If getting paid sick leave makes us socialist then fuck it I am one. Fuck the capitalists and their profits.“
“Im down for that! Fuck the capitalist profits, treat us like godamn human beings, not mindless cogs in the capitalist machine!“
…and there’s so many more just like that.
Am I missing something? Congress is writing a bill mandating 7 days sick leave for rail workers isn't it?
It was a do nothing, separate piece of legislation that is DOA in the senate. There were two pieces of legislation passed by the house, one to force the contract that the unions rejected and another to provide the sick time. Just typical liberal perfomative nonsense from the blue team.
The senate would have to pass it and there are pretty big doubts it'd make it through. Only 3 house republicans crossed the line, and they'd need a lot more in the senate to not just get filibustered. Also consider that the Rs are more than willing to "back" the strike to be able to manufacture the circus that will come with a huge fuckup under Biden, and I think it's unlikely to pass.